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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1987
"ALL
THROUGH THE
COULD SOLVE IN THE HAVE PROBLEMS WHICH HONG KONG
PROVISION
MEDICAL OF
CARE, HOUSING, IMMEDIATE TERM,
WE HAVE THE PSYCHIATRIC CARE, COUNSELLING, FINANCIAL AID, AND JOBS. MEANS. WE LACK THE RESOLVE.
**
DEPARTMENT'S THEY COULD OR WERE EVICTED
SOCIAL WELFARE MR LI SAID THAT ACCORDING TO THE 1986 ANNUAL REVIEW, PEOPLE BECAME STREET SLEEPERS BECAUSE NOT AFFORD HIGH RENTS, QUARREL WITH THEIR FAMILIES, BY THEIR LANDLORDS.
THE REVIEW IS THAT THE STREET', HE ASKED HOW A ΤΟ ASSISTANCE AND UNDERSTANDING
A
"AMAZINGLY, ONE OF THE REASONS LISTED IN STREET SLEEPERS 'LIKED TO SLEEP IN DEPARTMENT WHICH PROFESSED TO OFFER STREET
COULD ACCEPT SUCH QUESTION.
SLEEPERS
REASON, APPARENTLY
WITHOUT
CASTS DOUBT ON "TO ME THE CONTINUED INCLUSION OF THIS REASON
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S THE VALIDITY OF THE REVIEW, AND ON
OF STREET SLEEPERS, ABILITY ΤΟ UNDERSTAND
MENTALITY ULTIMATELY TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS. MOREOVER, IT IS CONTRARY TO FINDINGS."
THE
AND OTHER
SLEEPERS BY THE
MR LI SAID THAT FOR INSTANCE, OVER HALF OF 239 STREET INTERVIEWED IN SHAM SHUI PO IN JANUARY FOR A SURVEY CONDUCTED CITY POLYTECHNIC AND THE SHAM SHUI FO DISTRICT BOARD, WISHED PERMANENT HOUSING AND NONE SAID THEY LIKED BEING STREET SLEEPERS.
"MAY I RECOMMEND THAT
SOCIAL THE
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
HE SAID.
THEIR REVIEW METHODS AS A MATTER OF PRIORITY,'
ΤΟ
HAVE
REVIEW
REVIEW, THE SOCIAL WELFARE CHITS TO 197 "MORE ΤΟ LIKELY
ELIGIBLE FOR
MR I ALSO SAID THAT IN THE 1986
OUT NOTIFICATION OF PASSING DEPARTMENT TOLD
WHO WERE SLEEPERS VULNERABLE" STREET WELFARE SERVICES.
BE
STREET SLEEPERS TO APPROACH
THEY AIMED TO INDUCE SOME "THROUGH THIS DISTRIBUTION OF CHITS,
THE DEPARTMENT FOR
MAINLY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH, DRUG ADDICTED AND THOSE OVER 60, WHO WERE DISABLED, IN ILL EARNING LESS THAN $2,000 A MONTH."
WHO
STREET SLEEPERS, OR HE SAID THE REVIEW REPORTED THAT ONLY 19
RECEIVED CHITS,
TURNED UP FOR LESS THAN 10 PER CENT OF THOSE ASSISTANCE.
"DISTRIBUTING CHITS IS NOT
SOCIAL WELFARE. IT 19 MISPLACED BUREAUCRACY. IT IS THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT THAT MUST GO TO THE STREET SLEEPERS, INITIATE CONTACT AND FOLLOW THROUGH. NOT VICE VERSA.
IVORY TOWER,
ATTITUDE то
SUIT
"THE DEPARTMENT HAD BETTER CLIMB DOWN FROM THEIR REMOVE THEIR ROSE-TINTED GLASSES, AND CHANGE THEIR THE REAL WORLD, HE SAID.
"
MR LI